Police in the southern province of Đồng Nai on Sunday started a criminal investigation against two men allegedly involved in the theft of VNĐ2.2 billion (US$100,000) from a toll station on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Camera in the toll station office on on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway records two man armed with a gun and a machete and wearing masks held up the toll station for robbery. — VNA/VNS Photo

They will be detained for four months while the investigation takes place.

It is reported that on Thursday morning, Tuấn Anh and Nam, armed with a gun and a machete and wearing masks, held up the toll station.

Police have recovered VNĐ1.7 billion ($73,200) of the stolen money. Two other men – one from HCM City and the other from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province – handed over VNĐ700 million and VNĐ500 million respectively after learning about the robbery. They said Nam had asked them to keep hold of the money.